Timebound
Ratings27
Average rating3.7
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Ratings27
Average rating3.7
When Kate Pierce-Keller's grandmother gives her a strange blue medallion and speaks of time travel, sixteen-year-old Kate assumes the old woman is delusional. But it all becomes horrifyingly real when a murder in the past destroys the foundation of Kate's present-day life. Suddenly, that medallion is the only thing protecting Kate from blinking out of existence.
Kate learns that the 1893 killing is part of something much more sinister, and her genetic ability to time travel makes Kate the only one who can fix the future. Risking everything, she travels back in time to the Chicago World's Fair to try to prevent the murder and the chain of events that follows.
Changing the timeline comes with a personal cost if Kate succeeds, the boy she loves will have no memory of her existence. And regardless of her motives, does Kate have the right to manipulate the fate of the entire world?
Timebound was originally released as Time's Twisted Arrow.
Series
3 primary books7 released booksThe Chronos Files is a 12-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Rysa Walker, David Estes, and J.L. Johnson.
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TOTAL-6.71/10
Good story about ... Time Travel.
3.5 stars. Mixed feelings on this. Really interesting concept.
The first half of the book kind of dragged for me and I felt the Trey storyline was kind of rushed. The last part of the book was considerably better and faster paced.. enough that I'll probably read the next one.
Amongst the crop of YA-Teen-Heroine-Saves-the-World trilogies (and I assume that this is the start of a trilogy) this novel stands out for have consistent internal logic. The writing moves quickly and draws the reader into the story. I enjoyed the attention to details as various characters' actions reverberated through time and the memories and situations of other characters are affected. I would recommend this novel to anyone looking for YA science fiction. However, I did not feel that the Audible reader did justice to the material. Especially during conversations her phrasing and intonations did not sound like people talking and failed to put stress on words and syllables where it would naturally occur. Perhaps she did not have the opportunity to read the work before it was recorded (though I doubt that very much), but the recording indicates a lack of preparation to me. I recommend skipping the audio version and reading this book with your own eyes.
